Lights, Camera, Lashes!!!!

That’s right, today I have an exciting new brand to share with you that I have been lucky enough to try out. Although I haven’t used false lashes a lot in my tutorials and posts in the past they are definitely something I want to start wearing more. I guess the main reason which has stopped me from using them much (apart from the stigma that they are hard to apply) is the fact that there is not always a lot of information on whether the lashes are cruelty-free.

It’s that time of the month again! Time to talk about what happened in my life during July and share some of my most popular posts and photos.
Drove on the Motorway for the first time….

…without freaking out too much! As you might know I have been having weekly driving lessons in the hope to finally get my Restricted drivers license. (In New Zealand your Restricted license means being able to drive alone between 5am and 10pm). Driving on the motorway has always seemed like a bit of a scary thing to me until a couple a weeks ago when I drove it for the first time. I also “passed” my first car and all of this seemed much easier than trying to parallel park.

Well if you have been reading The Spanish Bluebell for the past 6 months you will know how much I love all my Bossy products since my first haul in March. Bossy Cosmetics is a New Zealand based and owned beauty company that sells cruelty-free beauty products to pamper yourself with. They surfaced into my beauty world around February this year when I heard my friends Lutece from Makeupforpandas and Kristelle from kristelle.m.beauty raving about the Bossy Coffee Scrub (which by the way, is a total favourite of mine!) Since then I have been totally addicted to their products and use some of them, like my Stippling and Eye brushes, daily.

So turns out I totally forgot to do a round up of May so I thought I would just mash it together with June’s “in retrospect”. Plus, now that I am working full-time I don’t have as much free time to have a hugely eventful life, which means June wasn’t hugely eventful. Yes this means you are in for a bit of a long post, BUT DON’T STOP READING YET! You’ll be grateful to know that it is only so long because I got a bit photo happy! Let’s get to it then, shall we?

As you will have read already, May saw me make a quick trip up to Auckland, at the Vector Arena, to go watch The Script with my friend Diana. I had such an awesome time even just spending time up in Auckland with Diana. I’ve never been a super huge fan of the Script (Ed is my number one guy) but after that concert, wow. Let’s just say I am now a converted fan of the Script and I no longer have awkwardly ask Diana which one is which, and what are their names?!? (Seriously, I had to do that on the night. I was referring to them as “the drummer guy”, “guy that plays the guitar” and “that singer guy with the long dress looking top on”. Yes I have since learned their names are Danny, Mark and Glen.) Their music has a lot of emotional profoundness and definitely speaks about important things to our generation. Anyway Danny was a huge crowd pleaser and knew how to get everyone excited for the concert. Plus Colton Avery, their opening act, wasn’t too shabby himself!

If you a beautiholic like me, and like a lot of beauty and brand pages on Facebook, you may have noticed this video of vlogger Nikkie, from Nikkie Tutorials, floating around your NewsFeed. What is so “controversial” #amazing about this video is that Nikkie shows the power makeup has to transform your face. Now what I love most about the point she is putting across is that both halves of her face (both her natural and “made-up” makeup-face) are BOTH who SHE IS. Lately, make-up shaming has unfortunately become a thing on Social Media. People share photos like the one below saying that they don’t like make-up because it creates a lie.

You may have seen this poor girl’s photo all over Facebook for the last few months. I believe she looks beautiful in both the photos and that the makeup doesn’t make her a completely new person.